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Matthew Kelsey

Matthew Kelsey

September 14, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

Matthew Kelsey is from Glens Falls, NY, and works at the Chiaravalle Montessori. He has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and teaching fellowships from the University of Washington for their writing programs in Rome and Friday Harbor. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry […]

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Matthew Kelsey: Giant Gets Adopted

August 25, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

The morning I was adopted, I arrived late to school. It was quarter to noon, I was dressed to the nines, I was my own show-and-tell. “What does it mean, you’re abducted?” Daniel asked. “Adopted, not abducted,” I said. “And I’m not really sure.” I had already lived with my adopted parents for years. “Do […]

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Matthew Kelsey: Confessions of a Giant

August 25, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

For years I’ve been told to hold myself up, to stand as tall as I am, but the world I’ve come to know rarely seems fitting. I have to take a knee when I piss, duck when I step in the shower. I swear I’ve tried to adjust, but my limbs cross their signals the […]

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